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Sainte Vie - From Desolate Places and Forgotten Times EP

Tracklist:
A1: High Seas (09:55)
B1: Whale (08:39)
B2: Darko (07:48)

Artist: Sainte Vie
Title: From Desolate Places and Forgotten Times
Label: Akumandra
Cat-No: AK003
Format: 12” Vinyl + Digital
Release Date: July 16th 2019
Artwork: Vahan Stepanyan (@rambalkoshe) & Manuela Villazon

The latest release by the Mexican avant-garde label Akumandra is founder Sainte Vie’s three track auditive voyage: From Desolate Places and Forgotten Times. Going beyond previous experimentation with sound assemblage and sampling from non-western musical traditions, Sainte Vie crafts his signature mesmerizing soundscapes by combining dreamlike synth textures, monumental drops and vibrant melodies that feel deeply melancholic. Insistent arpeggios and expansive build ups bind the tracks together in an ebb and flow of dynamic energy. 

High Seas 
Overlaid synth patterns, like waves, propel us into a mixed-percussion drop that settles on a harmonic calm before another surge of synth arpeggios drive us farther along into the thrilling sensation of voyage. 
		
Whale
Disembodied vocals, like cetaceans communicating, echo each other, creating a ghostly undercurrent to the vigorous percussion and futuristic synth arpeggios. 

Darko
Backed by an eerie melody and punctuated by a lead-heavy bass drum, a deep, guttural voice plunges us into the dark flow of time.

Spectral in theme and profoundly engaged with the sensorial quality of music, Sainte Vie’s EP transports the listener to a place that feels distant like uncharted waters, yet familiar like a memory. 

Sainte Vie:
www.soundcloud.com/ste-vie-1
www.facebook.com/saintevieofficial
www.residentadvisor.net/dj/saintevie
www.instagram.com/saintevieofficial
open.spotify.com/artist/30oVwXZSlElygdNpcUIFBk

Akumandra:
www.akumandra.com
www.facebook.com/akumandra
www.soundcloud.com/akumandra
www.akumandra.bandcamp.com
www.youtube.com/c/AKUMANDRAMEXICO
www.instagram.com/akumandra
www.residentadvisor.net/record-label.aspx?id=14512

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